Incite vs. Invite — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Incite and Invite
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Incite
Encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour)
They conspired to incite riots
Invite
Make a polite, formal, or friendly request to (someone) to go somewhere or to do something
She invited Patrick to sit down
We were invited to a dinner at the Embassy
Incite
To provoke and urge on
Troublemakers who incite riots.
Inciting workers to strike.
Invite
An invitation
No one turns down an invite to one of Mickey's parties
Incite
(transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
Incite people to violence
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Invite
To ask for the presence or participation of
Invite friends to dinner.
Invite writers to a conference.
Incite
To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans.
No blown ambition doth our arms incite.
Invite
To request formally
Invited us to be seated.
Incite
Give an incentive for action;
This moved me to sacrifice my career
Invite
To welcome; encourage
Invite questions from the audience.
Incite
Provoke or stir up;
Incite a riot
Set off great unrest among the people
Invite
To tend to bring on; provoke
"Divisions at home would invite dangers from abroad" (John Jay).
Incite
Urge on; cause to act;
They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
Invite
To entice; tempt.
Invite
An invitation.
Invite
(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
We invited our friends round for dinner.
Invite
(transitive) To request formally.
I invite you all to be seated.
Invite
(transitive) To encourage.
I always invite criticism of my definitions.
Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
Invite
(transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
Invite
(informal) An invitation.
Invite
To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.
So many guests invite as here are writ.
I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this.
Invite
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
To inveigle and invite the unwary sense.
Shady groves, that easy sleep invite.
There no delusive hope invites despair.
Invite
To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
Invite
To give invitation.
Invite
A colloquial expression for invitation;
He didn't get no invite to the party
Invite
Increase the likelihood of;
Ask for trouble
Invite criticism
Invite
Invite someone to one's house;
Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?
Invite
Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting;
The window displays tempted the shoppers
Invite
Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
Invite
Have as a guest;
I invited them to a restaurant
Invite
Ask to enter;
We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee
Invite
Request the participation or presence of;
The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference
Invite
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs;
The community warmly received the refugees
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